Dynamic Flash video playlist

Hi, got overly ambitious late last night and tried to make a
video playlist based on Lisa Larson Kelley's tutorial
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/video_playlist.html.
I managed to get the tile list set up and functioning, but, the
video player doesn't seem to "see" the video files, just the
thumbnails in the tile list. The URL for the test page is at
http://www.vegascanine.com/VideoPlaylist.html.
I've been comparing my files to her tutorial files and I wonder if
there's something absurdly simple that I'm missing due to lack of
sleep! I would appreciate any feedback. Thanks so much!

I worked on the same project and it is working alright and
still interested in adding more features like play pause etc ....
but for now I'm more interested in adding the buffering bar and
progress bar.
Any help is welcome.

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import flash.net.URLRequest;
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import fl.controls.ScrollBarDirection;
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thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysSprings.jpg"
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http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysTring.jpg"
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info="Enter a short description here"
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http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysSpaTreat.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysSpaTreat.jpg"
/>
<vid desc="Fitness and Well-Being at Champneys"
info="Enter a short description here"
src="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysFitness.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysFitness.jpg"
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<vid desc="Aqua Therapy at Champneys"
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http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/videos/ChampneysAquaTherapy.flv"
thumb="
http://www.coolmustard.co.uk/thumbs/ChampneysAquaTherapy.jpg"
/>
</playlist>
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I can't pinpoint where data.label derives from, but at first
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